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23 August 2016 at 11:07 pm #139630
Hi Juliot, I’ve worked my way through JN waterstones to diamond stones. I used the waterstones before I had met Paul’s teachings. I used a 250 to develop the burr followed by 1000 and 8000. This produced a good edge, why wouldn’t it if you do it well? But the stones need constant flattening for which you need a suitable flattening method. In my case a special flattening stone. The wear rate of the stones even as an amateur user was quite fast. the 8000 in particular wore down quickly (not King brand).I replaced my 8000 waterstone with my first diamond plate a DMT XXF (extra extra fine also about 8000). Of course Paul does not use this stone instead going from 1000 to the strop. Using the strop has been a revelation to me. So right now I go through 4 diamond grades and then strop. This gives quick, good results without any need to flatten any stones and a lot less mess in terms of water. I not sure what to advise if you haven’t started using your waterstones as you will need a flattening method.
If you see yourself woodworking long term then I would save up for the diamond stones it makes life that bit easier and quicker. I don’t use a honing guide just my hand and senses. Best wishes Ian4 July 2014 at 1:18 pm #59108I’ve had the same problem recently. I spoke to my broadband provider (BT) and was given the following advice. I have an iMac and use the Safari browser. I was told to click on the Safari name next the the Apple symbol. This give a drop down menu. Select “Reset Safari” which open another box. Here you can choose to tick choices then select the reset button. It apparently clears a lot of rubbish out of the browser. I then uploaded a picture to the gallery without any error message. The picture has yet to appear but it always seems to take a few days for this to happen in my experience. So I am just waiting for it to appear on the website to confirm all is back to normal.I hope this may help some of you. Ian Lambert
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